About the North Carolina schoolspeedTest

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and EducationSuperHighway have launched the North Carolina SchoolSpeedTest to understand the current state of Internet access in North Carolina's K-12 schools, and adequately prepare for future online learning opportunities.

Starting on November 12th, 2013 we need teachers, media specialists, technology coordinators, administrators and students in each of our schools to take one minute of their time to test their school's Internet access.

To ensure we have an accurate assessment, each school should take at least 10 tests at different times of the day / week over the course of the month.

The information we gather will be used to better manage our school's existing Internet access for learning, plan for future increases in access, and support our planning for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) assessments. We will also contribute the data to the National SchoolSpeedTest database to better inform the allocation of $2.5 billion in annual federal funding for school Internet access upgrades.

Taking the SchoolSpeedTest is simple and takes less than a minute, so help put your school on the path to better Internet access by testing your school today!

Download the SchoolspeedTest Button for your Website

We are committed to making it easy for individuals to test their school's Internet access during North Carolina SchoolSpeedTest Month.

As part of this commitment, we request that every district and school to place the SchoolSpeedTest web button on their school web site in a location that is highly visible to school personnel.